George Pelecanos Quotes

I like writing about people who spend their time trying to help others for the greater good. That's what Americans are supposed to be about, right?

George Pelecanos

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 18, 1957

Topics

GoodTimeHelp OthersPeopleWriting

Texas is where I found my musical self.

Jerry Jeff Walker

TexasSelfWhereFoundMusical

A show is good when there is a meeting of time and space, when time and space become irrelevant.

Robert Lepage

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The FBI has had a history of sex discrimination complaints brought against it, as well as race discrimination.

Anita Hill

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Guess what, Beyonce? White people like your music, too. White people buy your songs on iTunes, memorize your lyrics, and admire your talent and beauty. Little white girls wanna be like you just as little black girls do, but instead of that, you'd rather perpetuate the great battle of the races.

Tomi Lahren

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My mother's name was Miriam, but most people called her Mim.

Ruth Reichl

MotherPeopleNameHerMost

The privilege of ruling would be in the hands of the skilled and the learned, with a wide scope left for profitable crooked deals carried on by the Jews, who would be attracted by the enormous extension of the international speculations of the national banks.

Mikhail Bakunin

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Most Sunday magazines, with the New York Times as an exception, are kind of sleepy, weekend service vehicles to move living room products.

David Talbot

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To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

Confucius

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You have cocktails for 250,000 people when millions upon millions are sick.

Bruce Davison

PeopleSickYouMillionsCocktails

We are now in a situation in which we will have to rely on market forces to maintain a free and open Internet. And nobody really knows whether that will work or not. One thing we do know is we didn't need to do this to ourselves. This was a solution in search of a problem.

Brian Schatz

WorkFreeSearchProblemSolution

No one can fill Senator Daniel K. Inouye's shoes - but together, all of us, we can try to walk in his footsteps.

Brian Schatz

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I'm a great fan of Woody Allen's movies.

Arnaud Desplechin

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